The birth family of Elsie Scully-Hicks have said she would “still be alive today” if she had not been removed from their care by social services. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, was
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A man who murdered his daughter two weeks after formally adopting her has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, received a life sentence for violently
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A fitness instructor has been convicted of murdering his 18-month-old adopted daughter by violently shaking her and striking her head. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, inflicted a catalogue of injuries – including
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Adopting a child is a “stringent and rigorous” process – with Matthew and Craig Scully-Hicks undergoing months of training, assessment and meetings. Elsie was taken into care after her birth
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Increasing numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers. Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex
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A toddler allegedly murdered by her adoptive father suffered injuries which were “very typical” of babies and children who have been shaken, a court has heard. Elsie Scully-Hicks, who was
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A fitness instructor “assaulted, abused and ultimately murdered” his 18-month-old adopted daughter, a court has heard. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of inflicting serious injuries on Elsie Scully-Hicks before her
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A family court judge has decided not to name a council she criticised over its handling of a case involving a baby girl now placed for adoption. Recorder Carly Henley
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A woman has had three children taken from her care in the space of five years after social workers raised concerns about her drug and alcohol misuse, mental health difficulties
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A family court judge has raised concern about the lack of support offered to a woman with a low IQ who suffered “extreme abuse”. Judge Stephen Wildblood said the woman,
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